1.8 38/28 Guide Discussion Thread

[doobism]

because the buffs are out of wack with the dots, (15s buffs and 16s dots) I think it's something like 6 minutes before the rotation goes back to exactly the same sequence. So you could make a rotation that cuts off dots or leaves space between dots, but it's not gonna be optimal. Probably the simplest would be to end up cutting a second off dots.

(Sl) (8s dots) (16s dots incl LL) (Fireball spam) (8s dots) (VB then fireball spam)
(IC) (8s dots) (16s dots) (Fireball spam) (8s dots) (VB then fireball spam)

But it's really gonna lose a fair bit of dps, and I don't think it'd stay above a 36/30 being played well.

[Neo_nazgul]

Well, what we're discussing is the BEST way to do it. There's no way a set rotation can match the dps of a priority system, especially in a raid. Do you use karruul alerts?

Sorry for replaying so late was away for a couple of days. I only use karuul for life leech refresh currently.

The rotation I use (without the opening) is flame bolt, IC or SL, CD,LL (after that voidbolt) Searing vitality, darktouch,Defile, Turn Ic off if it was on, 1x filler (cinder,flame bolt,fireball or pillaging)
Flame bolt, IC or SL, CD, Searing vitality,(void bolt if needed), 2x filler (cinder,flame bolt,fireball or pillaging).

With 1843 sp and 1105 sc i''m parsing between 2650 and 2850 on dummys depending on rng.

How much is this below to what I should be doing?

[kickn4fun]

One thing I noticed, SL overwrites and turns off IC. This is awesome I make 4 short macros: SL, Flamebolt, and each of the 4 dots. It may get a little messed up if flame bolt gets 3 fast freebies, but I think the overall damage done per cast is still higher. Correct me if I'm wrong here. I have found it's a little easier to keep up cooldowns and maintain the DoT's this way. Still a more complicated build, but gets more fun the more I'm used to it. and parses high

[kickn4fun]

There was supposed to be Sacrifice Life: Damage in there a few times..

[buddens]

what u mean rexar with 2. defile buff (lasts longer than defile) wtf... did i miss something?

[Rexer]

buddens- its the buff from the HK lock crystal.

[Apocolypes]

Hey I figured I would ask since no one seems to talk about it much. What are your opinions on the importance of keeping combust up at all times? I have talked to another mage on my shard and they say that is the last thing they tried to perfect and it adds a decent amount of DPS. I am able with stones/vials/cake to run about 2950 dps consistently (I don't have AMoP atm) and it seems like whenever I started trying to keep it up at all times my dps slightly increased. What is your opinion on this?

[buddens]

ive been trying this spec again (last time 1.6) but i fail hard..

i know there is no "rotation" but is there a nice start? and startup rotation? from the guys who call themself perfect 28/38er players. what do you do if u have 5x pillage stacked before a fight. and what do you do if not <-- startup!

step by step would be nice.

also a afterwards rota.. some say flamebolt,LL,defile some say flamebolt defile LL etc.. is there no optimal prio?

answer would be nice. but not sure if anyone is alive on this forum

i do 2.8-2,9k dps on the boss pupped for 4minutes with 30/36

with 28/38 i do 2,3-2,5k

i must do something terrible wrong

[EternalBrown]

Mage section of Rift Forums is more active at the moment. But it's really, as I recall, about practice and good keybinds. Independent of any drama on the forums, one of the Addiction mages has a good guide at addictguild.com under the public forums.